(Karachi) At least 81 people lost their lives due to coronavirus during 24 hours taking the death toll across the country to 2,632, government's health portal stated on Sunday.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases has reached 137,525 in the country. So far, more than 51,000 people have recovered from the deadly disease.

The highest number of cases have been reported in Punjab with 52,601 cases followed by Sindh with 51,518 corona patients. Similarly, 17,450 cases surfaced in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 8,028 in Balochistan, 7,934 in Islamabad, 1,095 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 604 coronavirus cases in Azad and Jammu Kashmir.

At least, 29,546 corona tests have been carried out during 24 hours while the total tally of tests in the country is 868,565.

Coronavirus cases are on the rise in Pakistan and it is feared that the virus will be at its peak in July. The government eased lockdown and restrictions to support economy that led to an alarming increase in number of Covid-19 cases in the country.

On June 11, Prime Minister Imran Khan warned the people and and business community of taking a strict action for violating the standard operations procedures (SOPs) issued by the government to stem the spread of Covid-19.

The PM said he would personally monitor the implementation of the SOPs and receive daily report from the provinces on coronavirus situation.

He said all the workplaces and localities would be closed down if found spreading the deadly virus risking the people’s lives.